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- Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver,...
- Expected 8-pound bass hit scales at Newton Lake in Jasper County, Ill.It was only a matter of time before an 8-pound bass showed up at a tournament weigh-in at Newton Lake. Three years ago, DNR’s annual report on the Jasper Coun...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar ap...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Fisherman cited for illegally taking soft shell turtlesIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois ...
- Amateur Trapshooting Association participants completing another Grand run in Sparta, Ill.The Shooting Complex has 120 trap houses stretching 3.5 miles, two sporting clays courses, 24 combination trap and skeet fields, and cowboy action shooting. It ...
- Squirrel, dove hunting available at Carlyle Lake in southern IllinoisThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Illinois DNR are offering squirrel and dove hunting opportunities on more than 10,000 acres at Carlyle Lake. Daily sign-in ...
- Controlled archery hunt ‘best course of action’ to manage Lake Springfield’s deer in central IllinoisThe Illinois DNR and Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power are again allowing specially-permitted bowhunters to harvest deer on specific properties around...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Conservation World returns to state fairConservation World will once again be a focal point for anglers, hunters, and outdoor fans who visit the 2024 Illinois State Fair, which is taking place through...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Sharpshooter program numbers not changing hunter’s mindReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Sharpshooter pr...
- Decatur ‘Early Birds’ hook youngsters on fishing’s joy in IllinoisThe statewide effort in Illinois to get more young people fishing is a task Herb Dreier initially tackled many years ago. So it’s no surprise the former progr...
- Bear(s) make regular pit stops in IllinoisResidents in different parts of Illinois have found a unifying pastime each summer: spotting black bears. This time it was southern Illinois. Bear things appare...
- Invasive spiny water fleas ‘worst they have been’ on New York’s Lake George this yearJoe Greco has been fishing on New York’s Lake George for more than four decades, hitting the lake daily in the summer with his charter fishing business. Payin...
- Nick’s Lake in New York’s Herkimer County has camping, fishing, and hunting nearbyThe Old Forge area, in the west-central region of the Adirondacks, is a popular place throughout the entire year. And it especially shines during the summer mon...
- New York’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the Aug. 9, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post New York’s Outdoor Calendar a...
- RFK Jr. behind 2014 New York City dead bear discovery; did he break New York roadkill rules?Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted last weekend that in 2014 he had retrieved a bear cub that was killed by a motorist and then l...